JoeA
12-01-2012, 20:27
Hello,
I used to have VM about 5 years ago in a different house. The set up there was two separate coax cables running up to the house, one going to the TV box downstairs, and one going upstairs which we connected to the modem for internet access.
I dont currently subscribe to VM, but I live in a house which has been cabled for VM, and has two separate coax cables running up to the house, but they have only connected one, which goes through the wall downstairs and is terminated on the inside wall by the TV. The second cable is just a small coil with bare ends on the outside wall.
Ideally I would like to get the second unused coax cable up the side of the house and going into the bedroom where the computer is located, and I am more than happy to do this extension myself.
My question is, if I were to only get internet access (no TV) through VM, would they send the signal down both coax cables, or just one? Or does that fact that one cable is not connected mean that it would need to be "initialised" in some way, and so would not work anyway if I tired to extend it myself?
If both cables are "active" and just require the modem to be connected to either one of them, is there anything else I should know before trying to extent this second bare-ended coax cable?
I'm trying to avoid having to pay an installation fee, as you only seem to get "free" installation when you buy a package of products, and I only want internet.
Plus as I already have one terminated cable coming into my house, I imagine Virgin think that I dont require any installation. As far as they are concerned Im already connected and they just need to flip the switch.
But as there is this second unterminated co-ax cable outside my house, I thought this might be a good way to get the internet cable into the room I want.
Cheers for any advice
I used to have VM about 5 years ago in a different house. The set up there was two separate coax cables running up to the house, one going to the TV box downstairs, and one going upstairs which we connected to the modem for internet access.
I dont currently subscribe to VM, but I live in a house which has been cabled for VM, and has two separate coax cables running up to the house, but they have only connected one, which goes through the wall downstairs and is terminated on the inside wall by the TV. The second cable is just a small coil with bare ends on the outside wall.
Ideally I would like to get the second unused coax cable up the side of the house and going into the bedroom where the computer is located, and I am more than happy to do this extension myself.
My question is, if I were to only get internet access (no TV) through VM, would they send the signal down both coax cables, or just one? Or does that fact that one cable is not connected mean that it would need to be "initialised" in some way, and so would not work anyway if I tired to extend it myself?
If both cables are "active" and just require the modem to be connected to either one of them, is there anything else I should know before trying to extent this second bare-ended coax cable?
I'm trying to avoid having to pay an installation fee, as you only seem to get "free" installation when you buy a package of products, and I only want internet.
Plus as I already have one terminated cable coming into my house, I imagine Virgin think that I dont require any installation. As far as they are concerned Im already connected and they just need to flip the switch.
But as there is this second unterminated co-ax cable outside my house, I thought this might be a good way to get the internet cable into the room I want.
Cheers for any advice